Jeannette (Robert) Price LaPrad, 98, of Auburn, MA, passed away on August 12, 2024 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Worcester, MA.
She was born on December 19, 1925 in Worcester, MA, to Richard and Aurore (Allaire) Robert. She grew up in Worcester and lived in Merrimack for 18 years before moving to Auburn, MA in 1975.
She enjoyed knitting, cross-stitching (she finished a pattern a month ago for the birth of her great-granddaughter), starting each day with the newspaper crossword puzzle (and solving it, though not in ink), feeding the birds, and watching Wheel of Fortune and Judge Judy and CNN.
Jeannette was preceded in death by her husbands Jack Price (1971) and Peter LaPrad (2008). Her siblings Germaine Bachand and Norman Robert and her stepdaughters Gail Gully and Marcia Dyer also died before her.
She is survived by her son, Richard Price of Merrimack; three daughters, Jacqueline and her husband, Thomas Rzasa of Manchester; Martha and her husband, Steven Rooney of Merrimack; and Shirley Price of Auburn, MA; one stepson, Martin LaPrad of Warren, MA; five grandchildren, Karl and Gregory Rzasa, Jill Rzasa-Lane, Pamela Goding, and Christine Penree; and four great-grandchildren, Tess, Hailey, Spencer, and Vivian.
Viewing will be Sunday, August 18th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Rivet Funeral Home, 425 Daniel Webster Highway in Merrimack. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, August 19th at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Church, 16 Baboosic Lake Road in Merrimack. Burial will follow in Last Rest Cemetery.
She left us with her life fulfilled and ready to move on to the next stage and rejoin those who had gone before her.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Jeannette’s name to the Merrimack Historical Society /10 Depot Street / Merrimack, NH 03054 https://merrimackhistory.com.
